Kenny any interest?

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

...and break up the family?...WOULD NEVER Happen! And I assume Sox fans are OK with it, because they dont complain at all about the #FAMILY employment plan at 35th and Shields.

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

B&B had him immediately to Red Sox or Toronto. Next update the bimbo also mentioned it. Why do I even listen to this shit other than a connection to Chicago?

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Dombo got out of dodge and left the next guy holding a giant bag of money. Miggy's great and all but I don't know how he's going to look earning $28M in 2016-17, $30M from 2018-21 and $32M in 2022-23. I DO know that Verlander will look terrible earning $28M a year until 2019. He also left Annabelle making $37M over the next 2 years, Kinsler $30M over 2 years and $54M over 3 years for Victor Martinez. That's a ton of dead money he left on the books. Have fun digging out of that mess, Al.

I've seen conflicting stories.
Fired or resigned??

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To be fair to Dombrowski, he was asked to win now, prospects and developing talent in-house be damned.

Tigers came close again and again. But always seemed a piece shy of putting together a championship team.

Apparently the owner of the Tigers liked to give input into free-agent signing decisions, and it turned out to be to the detriment of the ballclub.

2010 off-season, Adrian Beltre's coming off his 1 season deal in Boston and the expectation is the Tigers, with Brandon Inge's contract expiring, will
be among the teams eager to sign Beltre. Esp since Dombrowski and Beltre's agent Scott Boras--at the time--seemed to be BFF's.

Well, Dombrowski announces at the end of the 2010--after being told to do so by the Tigers owner Ilitch--the Tigers would be re-signing Brandon Inge, without even
letting Inge test free agent waters. And with Adrian Beltre available for what turned out to be less than anyone expected.

Beltre lingers in free agency til January, no doubt cheesing off Boras. Before the Rangers sign him.

Beltre from 2011-2013, averages 35 HRs, 100 RBis and a .900 OPS, while playing gold-glove caliber 3B.

Inge hits .197 with a .548 OPS that first season of his new deal, and is DFA'd by the Tigers the first month of the next season, with time remaining on his contract.

A few years later, Pizza Pizza guy gets the brilliant idea to sign Prince Fielder (on account of Ilitch liked Cecil) to a ginormous contract and move Miguel Cabrera to 3B.
Playing the hot corner wears on Cabrera over the season, and despite hitting well, he's cleary injured later in the year into the post-season.

Fielder craps out due to wifey issues and gets dumped to Texas for Kinsler.

Dombrowski always got paid well and Illitch was loyal to him. But giving into the owner to bring back Inge over Beltre likely cost the team the World series championship they went balls out to win.

How much input does Mike Ilitch himself still have, and how much is his wife, his son, or his toupee that has become sentient? How many more first-round outs until Ken Holland is gone too? Why were the Tigers so married to Brandon Inge, anyway?

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Inge was their Gordon Mendoza for the Sox.

He crippled that team with Verlander n Miggy deals. The strange thing was both had multiple years left on their previous deals . He could never put a bullpen together .

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son/kids/whomever taking over, hence letting Max Scherzer walk.

when is Steve Yzerman available to take over as GM for the Red Wings?

grindy white-guy syndrome. Ilitch loyalty. Inge also made a stink about how much he liked living in SE Michigan. Then Inge bugged out back home
to Virginia as soon as he was cut.

A little of both. I think he was done after the season and when they turned into sellers at the deadline they decided to cut ties now. Everyone thinks Boston is a foregone conclusion but I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up in LAA.

I suspect he saw Friedman making $10M a year, asked Ilitch to bump him up (DD contract expiring), didn't get the answer he wanted... sold off a bunch of veterans at the deadline, Ilitch minions saw it as a natural time for a parting of ways

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Tuned in via the tune-in app to Detroit's 97 FM the Ticket sports talk radio and they were in the middle of taking a
call on the topic of "who or what is to blame for the Tigers failure to win a championship" in recent seasons.

the caller's culprit: Ilitch's loyalty to Brandon Inge.

Inge was popular with fans. Often winning the text message player of the game poll. Lotta of Inge jerseys around the games. etc.

they also mentioned an incident from Dombrowski's first year as Tigers GM in which he didn't know he was being recorded and spoke openly to a group of season ticket holders about the Tigers shite roster:

http://a.espncdn.com/mlb/news/2002/0722/1408837.html

I guess some female beat reporter from one of the local papers called him out on it; he lambasted her and denied he said what she claimed he said; and then she produced the audio tape of him saying it.

Hawk fired him , Larussa n Duncan 30 years ago.

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Dipoto took an advisory position with the Red Sox. That's interesting. I thought he'd get one of the open or soon to be open GM jobs. Maybe he knows Cherington is on the hot seat.

He also can leave anytime he wants if he accepts another position with a different organization.

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Ah. I did not know that. Well that makes more sense. Good work by you, Hawger.

The person that should have been fired is Brian Cashman, who apparently has no interest in doing his job.

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Bosox hire Dombrowski. Cherington out. That was a no-brainer.

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"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

"Ben Cherington" sounded like such a New England shithead name to me.

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I'm picturing this guy

I wonder how long before he ends up here as Assistant to the Assistant General Manager.

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"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

So he did go to Boston. Well at least he'll be able to carry on his tradition of throwing around terrible contracts. They LOVE terrible contracts there.

He's going to the Red Sox

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I think he was talking about Cherington. Theo needs more underlings!

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I would get him, only because I see McCleod taking off soon. While he wants to be here and they gave him a big raise, you can only bypass so many GM jobs in your life.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

didn't cherrington betray the messiah with a kiss on his way out?

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

The Mariners have fired general manager Jack Zduriencik.

The only surprise is the timing.

anti Polish sentiment raging through MLB with these moves

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

He was very good at amateur scouting in Milwaukee, someone will grab him fast if he still wants to work.

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Toronto hired Mark Shapiro as team President.

I hope Toronto's front offices have room for all his WS trophies.